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when the Earth Will Stop Revolving.

A problem which is attracting to its
study astronomers relates to the earth
az q time-keerer. We measure time
by dividing either the period during
which the earth revolves around the
sun, or in which it turns on its axis.
By the first method we measure a year:
by the second o day. The earth, ac-
cording to some astronomers, is losing
time. Through two cause.-the suns
attraction and the friction, SO to speak,
of the tides-the earth each year re-
wolves more slowly on its axis. The
speculative question which these as
tronomers are discussing is whether in
the end the earth will stop its revolu-
ton upon it's axis, and will present al
ways the same face to the sun. When
that event occurs there will be perpet-
ual day in one part of the earth, and
perpetual night in another. But thero
is no occasion for immediate alarm.
The rate at which the earth is supposed
to lose time only shortens the year by
half a second in a century. There are
more than 81, 900, 900 seconds in a year
Therefore, if the earth ever does cease
to revolve on its axis, it will DO more
than 5000, 0G0, 900 years before it vii,
stop,-Coopers' journal.
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Recipes.

APPLE MER1NGUE. -Pare, core auo
boil tart apples; rub through "a colander
and sweeten to taste. For a pint OF
pulp thus prepared, stir it gently, the
whites of three eggs beaten stiff. Flavor
to taste, lemon juice or any extract and
serve with cream.
POTATOES o. BREAKFAST. "A simple
and delicate method of preparing pota-
toes for breakfast is a great favdEitc in
the West Indies. Two pounds of peeled
potatoes are washed and grated; four
ounces each are added Of sugar and but
ter melted n ~teaspoonfuI each of salt
and pepper, well mixed; place in q bak-
ing dish and put into brisk oven until
done it shows a delicate brown color.
PLAIN RICE PUDDING Wash half a
cupful of rice in three waters and soak
| it in cold water for two hours. Drain
off the water, and add a level teaspoon
full OF salt, a slight grating of nutmeg,
two ta~blespoonfuls of sugar, half a cup
full of stoned raisins aud one quart of
milk. Cook in a very moderate oven
for two hours, stirring twice in the first
half hour. At the end of two hours,
add half a pint of cold milk, stir well
and cook for an hour longer. Serve in
the dish in which it is cooked.
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ONE EGG PUDDING, WITH SAUCE. One
pint of -four, one cup sweet milk, one egg,
one cup of sugar, two te~aspoonsfut o.
baking soda. The sauce for very sim
pie yet excellent pudding is of value, be
cause it is so plain and yet not.thRate,
as watery as SO many of home-m-st
sauces are. Equal amounts of butte
and sugar are well rubbed together, ant
then boiling, not hot, water is added
drop by drop, beating vigorously all tn
time until the same becomes of the con
sistency of rich cream. Serve hot, bu
do not boil it. Add the favoring last
GREEN PEA SoUP.--Two quarts o
liquor. in which corned beef or mutto
has been boiled; two quarts of gree
peas. bunch of sweet herbs, including
shallot or young %onions. one even table
spoonful Of prepared -four rubbed u
with one of butter. pepper to taste; dis
of fried bread; boil, skim, and strain th
liquos and return tothe fire with the pc
'. .pods. Cook them twenty minutes
strain them ont and put in peas an
onion. Cook until the peas are SO.
and broken rub all through a coiand'
back into the pot; stir III the foure
butter, season, boil two minutes an
pour upon the fried bread in the tureel
The advantage Of using -four in tn
! recipes to prevent separation Of the Pr
pulp and the liquor.
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cured at the beginning of the boom"
has been so d for from $25 to 500 Tor
ordinary building Lots. livery "old
settler has rea iz5d q b indsoInc ON
potency in disposing OF o poi, ion o
h Ell r5eIed: hotels built and added
to from time to time ; o line Of seven
boats ply regul r;y between {. An
drew's Bay AMI ether ports and, al
fe.her. he outlook promises tina ST.
Andrews Bay will in a ew years be
G ne the m st i'm ortant city OF ne
gulf coast. 1t possesses every natural
advantage; a deep h~ay-mors than
sIaty-five miles lon1 with its various
branches-with deep eli nnnels to the
| Cufer gull, at onse the most charming
and most useful body OF W. ter on tn
J ccast a safe barb9r for The f. cts OF a
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she WHO lies beneath this stone
Died of constalicy alone.
Fear not; approach, Q passer-nyi
Of nought contagious did she die.
T,srRlsh Girls.

Every Turkish girl, says q writer ~
sHarper's Bazaar, I IS permitted to attend
aisher the public schools attached to the
mosques 81 to receive private instruction
Il hens-that Il, in the selamluk-untlt
ha Is sevea or eight years Of age, when
shg " 10 longer allowed the freedom o.
hs childhood. All that period she feels
n proud as d young miss does ~ Christ
anaom who doffs her short clothes and
eoasiders herself 4 young lady.
The limited time allotted them for IN
sssaetion, The difficult nature Of the Ian
gaage, which ii most complicated and
ae mode 81 tuition being altogether IN.
ystsmasical, very little learning Y 9
qnited BY Them; 10 that for all futur'
rs they retain their simplicity, ans
aYeAnt overgrown children.
Their domestic occupations vary ac
eesaing to Their stations. The poor ane
by middle Glasses are, IS matter g
eopsse, occupied with household work
Avss and embroidery for market
has III the higher with prinkiug, y.
i shey hope 10 rrnder thensclve
itching oths lords Of creation. #
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OUR METHOD! NOTE ITS FAIRNESS!

with O broader business policy than
has characterized any other southern
corporation, we have steadily appre-
ciated the TeJ0ttce Udtue Of land and
people. We are holding for our own
prolit certain lands TO be sold in the
future ; the balance Is offered free as
A little o than one year ago the
st. Andrews Bay Railroad sni Land
Go. acquired control of upward OF
100000 acres OF the most desirable
lands In the State of Florida, situated
around about the beautiful by OF ST.
Andrews, on the southwestGulf coast.
Before the war the town known as ST.
Andrews Bay was the home OF many
wealthy REQ lie. W o had sought the
shores Of the beautiful bay as a leca-
lion Whers could be found in their
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Those who have done busi-
ness with US. In one day the
following list of applicants,
secured Orange Grove tracts,
ranging In size from ~ to 40
acres each. Space In good
newspapers costs too much to
give a list OF oil who have re-
eelved free property at our
hands. Each enc OF the fol-
lowing list can testify, IL he Is
no disrosed, to the absolute
fadelity Of our methods OF
business. No correspondence
has passed between any OF
Ehem and this 0fdce. exceQs
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Anew WAY to Puy Old Debts.

plished in one of his immortal plays; but debts
to + allure must be paid on demand unless days
of grace he obtained through The use Of Dr.
not a ''~curs-afl.' butinvaluable Tor sore throat,
bronchitis. asthma, ~catarrh, consumption,and
all diseases of the pulmonary and other or.
Scrofulous ulcers, swell ,ngs and tumors are
cured by its wonderful Alternative action. By
drnr1isfs.
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world. Every species OF vegetanIe'
fruit, and Ger al will grow to perez
ton in its soft. Italian climate oyseSIs
worId-rest 10 thousands of exhaust
less oy,ter beds timt.ar easily access
ible ami suffieient in qentity 70 Inr,
nish rarpoes for years to the entire
AIRY ng capacity OF a nations feet !;
n climate that, beth 1vinter and sum:
mer. is the abso ute perfection 81
earthly delight: free from malaria
hir.., dry land. and beautifully 10,
cated. tn Sc are among other goou
reasons why 81. Andrews a II II
ba,ne than the State can ofIer, q
Mhy this company has confidence IN
the wisdom OF its present business
pGIicy.
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highest perfection the peculiar De
lights Of q Florida home. During o
war the town was hombarded py 2
federal feet and nearly swept q I
existence. The inhabitants f.d. anan,
coming their shattered ZONES 10 sIas
MT until about ten years ego " as there
n ATTEMPT made to reoecupy the
town. This Company began active
operations a little more than year
ago. Since that time there ha4 Eeen
the moi rem lkable BOOM created
fjr st. Andrews Bay tat ha ever
winter more than 5000 visitors from
all parts of the country reached that
point in quest of Florida homes. Busl-
ness ald dwelling houses have been
erected by the hundrei =. FIR perty Sc
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var Can't Rcad This

without wishing 10 investigate, II you are
wise Send your address TO Halletf q f Go,'
Portland. Maine, and you VIII receive :
and 1--we at home, wherever you are loca ed, OIL
which you ga. yece sc from S. to % am up
wards daily. " enc have earned over Stu u =
dav. Cantni not required; you are staTteo
fIce IlfisneW, 10th sexes; all ages. snug
Nttie fortunes await oil workers
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the necessary forms of bust
ness in applying for and re-
ceiying free property, and the
names are published without
consultation and merely to
represent the number who
received Orange Grove tracts
Uree, at our hands, In one days
business.
M. Mc~a ann, Tyrone, Pa
W. 4. Kinsfoe, Lockhavep, Pc
Salem Hill, Schenley, Pa
r. q. Knowles, Branford. Pa
4. Murphy, Huntington, w. Va
j.. III. Baxtresser, Middlet'n. Pa
w. Il. Colvin, Beatrice. Neb
Frank A. Smell, Ansonta, Ct
A, jarrett. Hutchinson, MINI
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Were the recent awards at Liverpool n Ed
n Z BSharmaceutIcal Chemists, a d p%ropTic-
f fors Of Berson's aCapcine .PIasters. these plas,,
t tes are endorsed by 5000 physicians anu
pharT acists as the only pls I rhenD1 ,ti snoef &c'
RaWsars of nostrums advertised by quac1s.
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What a thrill of terror passes over Us when
we read the record of some fearful devasta-
ton by fire, and yetit is a fact that thousands
fever, caused by consumption of the lungs.
which could be subdued by DR.. P-erce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery
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To- THE HOUSEWIFE.
Demestic value Of A,nnnoAia.

s-NR ~ ~
Ammonia is cheaper than soap and
cleans everything it touches. A few
drops in a kettle that is hard tn clean
makes grease and sickness fade away
and robs the work of all its terrots.
Let it stand ten minutes before at
tempting to scrape off and every corner
will be clean.
It cleans the sink and penetra3 IS into
the drain pipe. Spots, finger ms rks on
paint, disappear under its magicsl inhu-
ence, and it is equally effective on floor
and oilcloth, though it must be Used with
care on the latter or it will :injure the
polish, and keeps clean longer than any
thing else.
If the silver be only slightly furnished,
put two tablespoonfuls of ammonia
into a quart of hot water, brush the tar
nished articles with it and dry with q
channels. II badly discoOored they need q
little whiting previous TO the washing.
An old nail brush goes into the cracks
to polish and brighten.
For fine. muslin and delicate lace it is
invaluable, as it cleans, without rubbing,
the finest fabrics. Put a few drops into
| your sponge bath in hot weather and yot
will be astonished at the result, as it i'm
parts GOODNESS to the skin.
Use it to clean hairbrushes, and t
wash any hair or feathers to be used 10
beds or pillows. When employed il
anything that is not especially soileds us
the waste water aftcrward for the nous
plants that are taken down from thei
natural position and immersed in a tn
of water.
Ammonia is q fertilizer, and helps
keep healthy the plants it noalrishes. l
every way, in fact, ammonia is the house
keepers friend.
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AvSPSo~s "
Cream colorcd plush is much used for
opera cloaks, and has a quilted colored
silk Inning.
In making a basque one may choose
between a plain front, vest front and a
full-plaited front.
Pale pink wells will supersede tho
once popular red ones, SO say some au-
thorities in fashion.
The lacing of the velvet corsage is a
golden cord or silver, and it is fastened
with q clasp to stay it.
Silk mitts are worn with misses even
ing toilets. either matching the color OF,
the dress or of the accessories.
Tan-colored stockings are popular for
house wear, end tan kid or alligator
skin slippers are worn with them.
The long sealskin dolman seems to be
gradu ally taking the place of the half
long cloaks worn for % long a time.
Pretty little white cloaks for little
children are finished with a border
Of colored floss silks in feather stitch.
notwithstanding the prediction that
turnover collars would be worn, the
high curate collar still meets with favor.
Old blue is avery fashionable color
in Paris this season, and is seen IN
combination with other of the new col
ors. -
Ladies need not hesitate to wear tan
colorcd gloves upon any occasion, as
their popularity is likely to continue in
definitely.
Redineotes continue to be very stylish,
and are as comfortable and lady like a
wrap as can be found in this seasons
display of cloaks.
The proper way to wear a veil just Q
is to have it well over the chin, drawn
up somewhat at each side and fastened
very high at the back.
Fancy sleeves are seen on a few even
inp dresses and dinner costumes, bul
there is a certain conservatism about tn
matter of sleeves still.
The fashionable linen cuffs are widel
than heretofore, and round at n enc
and-square at the other. Striped ane
Toured percales are used for mornin:
wear, but plain white linen has the pref
ercnce for general use.
Full pinkcd ruches edge the skirts .,
several Partisan tailoT-made gowns re
Gently imported. oae of ericot cloth 9
male doe color had q ruche about eigh
inches wide, very ,ull, and plated $
~ to form rosettes placed close together
The Russian bang. nearly straight, Blu
slightly curled ut the ends, is at presen
the fayor1te arrangement for the fror
hair. 1t should be very short at Il
sides, pointed in the middle, an
should leave at least half Of the for
head exposed.
Back Lyons velvet brocaded wit
! cold leaves was the material Of some r
,, Gently imported wraps for dress wea
They were in visit shape, lined wat
oold. colored satin, and broad bands
black marabout fecked with gold serys
! 90 thinning.
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DIR. Pierce's s'Favorite Prescrip' ion" % a
most powerful restorative tonic, and combines
cial'y adapted to the wants OF debili a cd la
dies suffering from weak back, inward fever.
co,Gest:ol Inflammation or liberation, or
druggists.
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II yon have numbness in arms and limbs, heart
skins beats, thaInps or %fintters. or you are
"eryons and irritable-in danger of shock
In. elmer OCEAN-WEED regulates, relieves,
cnrrPctS and cures.
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Ex-Congressman Weaver, Postoffice Depart
ment, Wash ngton, D. c., considers r d ar
CO ugh Cure a remarkable remedial agent. 1t
contains no dangerous nartoti S. and costs but
tWentY-fYe cents.
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Holland courtins Customs.

OF the Twelve months in the year No
vember is rcckoned in certain villages in
Holland TO be by far the most important.
The four Sundays of this month are
known respectively as Review Sunday,
Decision Sunday, Purchase Sunday, and
Possession Sunday, which sufd-
GENTLY explain the purpose to which
each is put by the young people. On
Review Sunday the unmarried girls and
young men after the morning service
walk up and down staringat n another
TO their hearts content. Having made
ID their minds whom to select on tire
following Sunday, the youths with the
hottest bows imaginable salute the fair
ones, and judge from the way in which
their courtesy is responded to whether
success or defeat is to be their lot. The
third Sunday is devoted to the less ro-
mantle task Of obtaining the consent of
the parents and arranging in business
like fashion the details of the marriage
settlement The stern hearts of those in
authority having been satisfactorily SUI
dued, all the following week tho parson
Is busy at marrying, but not until Pos
session Sunday comes round are the
happy bethrothed permitted more than
an affectionate gaze, or at most a tender
HE
squeeze Of the hand.
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He who is passionate and hasty is generally generally 7
If whom Won should beware. There's no de-
ception in a bulldog; it is only the cur who
sneaks up and bites you when your back Is
nnnnd
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There is but one thing without honor; smit'
ten with eternal b~arrenness, inability, to DO OF
10 be. insincerity, unbelief. He who believes
nothing. who believes only the s ow of things.
is not i'm relation with nature or fact at ale
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Commissioner OF Deeds for all the States.
Mr.. q. F. keardon, Baltimore. Md, writes
that he suffered for g. longtime with rheuma-
tism. which yielded to no treatment until no
apnIieI ST. Jacobs Oil.
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It is the lawyer who always stands to reason
How to cain Flesh and Strength.

Use after each meal SCOTS EMULSION win
Hypophosphites. 1t is as palatable as milk
and easily digested. This rapidity with when
delicate people improve with its use is wonder
full. Use it and try your weight. AS remedy
for consumntion Throat affections and Bron-
chitis- It ia uneoua'ed, Please read: II used
SCOTS Emulsion in a child eight months old
with good results. He gained four pounds in a
very short time."-THo. PRIM, NJ. D., Ala
hama,
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soldiers aud widows Moxican War can gel
Tanner a ca, Attorneys, Washington, DC
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Kindness is the golden chain with which
peopIe are bound together.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-26

Atable waitergcan not be eloquent. He can
only indulge in plattertudes,
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Mangnam Muaw This Great Free Land Offer is pen 20 any !a DUW ~
SEGHE n HEHH II cent those who are already ocateaa anu an - penna
GSEEGS n wv q living at ST. Andrews Bay, also eslaen '" Ao"~
Goa and Washington and jackson Counties, Fla -
ND GOnDiTIGRalSS s e 81 ss r; E e : ss { $$ss@E: $$#$$s s q $ !s !!
rot reouiredt Z noS there, or improve it any way uhHS you
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mast amusing to see ayoung lady perch
cd on the sofa wit, 9 lhand-mirror intent
" engaged for hours IN giving the rcqui.
site shape to her eyebrows OF epbellish-
ing her head gear, etc.
Their minds having had no culture,
the senses naturally assume entire do,
minion over them, and their time is thus
spent in, adjoining their persons or in OBJ
servance OF etiquette. There are certain
acts which devolve altogether upon the
sterner sex in the most ~exquisitely civil
lied regions of the world, which are,
however, sometimes reluctantly per-
formed, but as usual such matters are re.
versed in the east, where even the; sur
rises at a different hour. There the eff.
fendi graciously receives a glass of water
at thehands Of his too happy hannum
his pipe and his coffee. are gracefully
served bp some fair Hebe Of q .wife OF
a wife or sister, who naturally considers
herself as che helpmeet for her spouse, a.
did Eve, the first and fairest Of. woman
kind.
Indeed, thcir. department in company
especially toward persons of considera
tion, is truly admirable, and could only
be expected from those of high educa
ton.
-r-- Ga :. -t -
Oriental life has many distinguishing
peculiarities and characteristic forms o.
politeness, but, unlike other parts of tn
globe, etiquette is in the east permanent
and general. The mental accomplish
ments being but few, wealth seems Il
constitute the only aristocratic distinc
ton, while the poorest and the riches
are equally versed in the established
routine OF c%ivility.
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Maud S. has a stride OF fifteen feet. That oil
A man lodging his bills is thirty.
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nnsas City, MO.

Kansas tlAy, HAos
r A. sullivan, Met. Hotel
T.. i. MacKusick. IA OAK 81
.Jos, Field, Gen'i Delivery
Ahram Mann, 7i6 1 enn ST.,
WIN. N. Allen. IA 1ak Siress
Philadelphia, Pa
WIN n. Bower, I'd s. Erie Ave
las. Brown, TT SAMSON ~ q,
4 p. Haines, 1880 Marshall 3.
A. B. shipley, sos Commerce ~
Troy, N. Y.
Geo. r. Collins, 70 Firth g
= y HendTick, 1871 Fir tSt
W. Z. ChatteFtpl. ~ @slt3 ~
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DSaswse nile Great English Gout and
Dk@IE d sSs Rheumatic Remedy.
oval BOX, S1.OO: round. so ctHa

"a a .Ta =NsT g Obtanei l., Send stamp f'
DA e y Inventors Gllds. l.. Bin =
$ Gam, Patent lawyer. Washin stol. ID. y.
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Piso,s Remedy for Catarrh Is agreeable Z
use. It is not q liquid or q QUO.
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Daughters. Wives and Alotaers'
Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases tres
secnrely sealed. Dr. J. B. Marchisi, Utica N. Z.
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ROYAL GLUE mends everythingi Brokel
China. Glass, Wood. Free Viais at Drugs Grs
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NEYseRN WAR. Soldiers and and Widows lido I, can aNlF n2E y
Co. Pension Attorneys, all wars. Washington, l.
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A T,.,nusc 70 American Genius

A nriyate tooter-The man who practices or
the cornet in his room.
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Peculiar

E r#Hs@
TO itself in many important particulars, Hoods
sarsapariiia is different from and superior to any
other medicine.
Peculiar in combiratfoR, proportion and prepare
ton OF ingredients. Hoods sarsaparilla possesses
the fun curative value OF the bast known rem dies
OF the vegetable kingdom.
Peculiar In its medicinal merit, Hoo Sarsapa
rflla accomplishes cures hitherto unknown.
Peculiar in strength aud oconomy-Iicoi's sar5a
parilla Is The only medicine OF which can truly be
said, ssloO doses one dollar Medicines In larger and
smaller bottles require largerdoses and do not pro
duce az good results as Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Peculiar in its good name at homes-there II
more or Hoods sarsaparilla sold in Lowell. where II
ID made, than of all other blood purifiers.
Peculiar n It's phenomenal record OF sales abroad
10 other preparation has ever attained such popu-
larity in so short q tinne. 9 sure to get
Hoods S~arsapaFiIia
soldby III druggists ST. six for o. Prepared only
byc.L.H ooD q Co, Apoehecariess Lowell. Mass
90 Doses One Dollar
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rs 90 TO 81 a day. Samples worth $L5o FRs1
Y "a Lines not under the horses fest. AdIrsas
eAs4 kREWsTER's SAFErY REIN HOLDER, Holly -A!cn-
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"a. and twenty five for So. o more thar twenty. ~ ~
-. y dnSired from any one person acting as agenI 10.
others. Deeds will be made as the CIun Ageht oHes''
"VVnW WILL BE A TRAITOR to your oS N
Interests ana to those dependent on you II yo Hssr
~ avaiI Yourself of this Great Free Land oheF'
Secure it for your children; fornnanv
The ST. Andrews Bay Railroad an Land Sompan n
,rr,bers amouq its officers and stockholders somsol
tbn most responsible and energetic men OF Fiorida'
Ohio, and New York, who are enlisted neart iJ nan ~
b bis through the Second National Of Cincinnau'
ami refer to two thousand prosperous 8. e1iess a. :
address either our Northerp pfice at Cincinna5a
are issued, as follows;
TIE ST, Andrews Bay R. and Land Co.,
CiNCINNATI, O.} .aNEW YORK, n. \.
Rcmit by posta' note, -sgistered letter, OF nanS
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7 AXES
khia Grpaf Frna

@mMRmA All taxes have been paid on these lands up to March, 1887,
ad this COMPANY. will pay them again as ma da ae, % D sCdar
n A#AEm9 Der, 1887 both on iso own lands Inc nose dlsposeo Oh hue
this Great Free Offer. =
HaaR "a n n AHsYas We will buy any property disposed OF under la
E1EH IN Il E IA II III Great Free Land Offer that is substantially =
0AHaF@sV u D proved during the next two years. and pay at n
rate Of $40 per acre with the cost Of the building Improvements added. BY taot
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toSoliisr, & Heirs. Son sam
NAN. Atty. Washington. .. ).